1 No princípio era o Verbo, e o Verbo estava com Deus, e o Verbo era Deus.

2 Ele estava no princípio com Deus.

3 Todas as coisas foram feitas por ele, e sem ele nada do que foi feito se fez.

4 Nele estava a vida, e a vida era a luz dos homens.

5 E a luz resplandece nas trevas, e as trevas não a compreenderam.

6 Houve um homem enviado de Deus, cujo nome era João.

7 Este veio para testemunho, para que testificasse da luz, para que todos cressem por ele.

8 Não era ele a luz, mas para que testificasse da luz.

9 Ali estava a luz verdadeira, que ilumina a todo o homem que vem ao mundo.

10 Estava no mundo, e o mundo foi feito por ele, e o mundo não o conheceu.

11 Veio para o que era seu, e os seus não o receberam.

12 Mas, a todos quantos o receberam, deu-lhes o poder de serem feitos filhos de Deus, aos que creem no seu nome;

13 Os quais não nasceram do sangue, nem da vontade da carne, nem da vontade do homem, mas de Deus.

14 E o Verbo se fez carne, e habitou entre nós, e vimos a sua glória, como a glória do unigênito do Pai, cheio de graça e de verdade.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was with God in the beginning.

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome "it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God —

13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.